Tories Make Billionaire Ex-Mubarak Minister Senior Treasurer

THE GUARDIAN: Mohamed Mansour, who served under Egyptian autocrat, given role fundraising in run-up to election

Mansour’s company Unatrac has donated more than £600,000 to the Tory party. Photograph: Xinhua/Alamy
The Conservatives have appointed an Egyptian-born billionaire and former minister under the Hosni Mubarak regime to be one of their senior fundraisers before the next election.

Rishi Sunak made the announcement that Mohamed Mansour would be the senior treasurer of the Conservative party at a reception for a group of donors on Monday night.

Mansour’s company Unatrac has donated more than £600,000 to the party. He was also last year given a role on the government’s advisory investment council as founder of his family-owned investment firm Man Capital.

He is a former politician who served as a transport minister from 2006 to 2009 in the government of the then president, Hosni Mubarak, who was removed from office in 2011 as part of the Arab spring. » | Rowena Mason, Aubrey Allegretti and Clare Rewcastle Brown | Wednesday, December 14, 2022

WTF is this corrupt Tory administration trying to turn this country into? Is this what the dudes meant by “talking back control” when we had that ridiculous Brexit referendum? Rishi Sunak’s administration is no better than the clowns’ administrations before his! The direction that this once proud nation is now going in is troubling indeed. Soon, we won’t have a country to call our own. Sunak should ask himself one simple question: Would Egypt repay the compliment by appointing a Brit into an equivalent position in Egypt? Is there any reciprocity? I think we all know the answer to that question! The Tories are playing a dangerous game. – © Mark Alexander

Georgetown University President: "We are deeply honored by Prince Alwaleed's generosity”. What he doesn’t say: 'I am too naïve and stupid to see what’s behind the gift'
'This gift will deepen Georgetown's ability to advance education in the fields of Islamic civilization and Muslim-Christian understanding and strengthen its presence as a world leader in facilitating cross-cultural and inter-religious dialogue.' -- Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia

HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal's Gift To Expand Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

Georgetown University has received a $20 million dollar gift from HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, an internationally renowned businessman and global investor, to support and expand its Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (CMCU). The Center, part of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown, is an international leader in inter-religious scholarship and research, in particular Islamic studies and Muslim-Christian relations. The Center will be renamed The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. This endowed fund is the second largest single gift in Georgetown University history.

"We are deeply honored by Prince Alwaleed's generosity," said Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia. "This gift will deepen Georgetown's ability to advance education in the fields of Islamic civilization and Muslim-Christian understanding and strengthen its presence as a world leader in facilitating cross-cultural and inter-religious dialogue. At this time of world conflict, Georgetown is committed to build upon our role as a Catholic, Jesuit institution in fostering greater understanding among religions around the word."

"This generous gift reflects the commitment of Prince Alwaleed to inter-religious understanding in the Muslim world and the West. It will enable the Center in these critical times to significantly expand its programs, influence and impact both here and overseas," said Dr. John L. Esposito, Founding Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Georgetown Receives $20 Million Gift (Read on)

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